The word potted plant is very simple. A flowerpot, a soil, will plant plants in, unrelated to form, is a basin of common plants.
The meaning of bonsai rises to the level of granular culture, which is a traditional art in China. Bonsai with plants, rocks, soil, water and other materials, through artistic creation let me show the natural beauty. Bonsai is usually divided into two categories: stump bonsai and landscape bonsai, which are composed of three elements: landscape, basin and frame, which are integrated with each other. People call bonsai a silent poem.
The plants of bonsai are generally made into various arts by strict processing. However, the potted plant keeps the original growth state, and there is no shape.
Bonsai generally uses ornamental flower pots, which are mostly oval and rectangular in shape, such as purple sand basin, colored glaze basin and ceramic basin. And potted plants generally choose round, square and other forms of flowerpots, generally made of clay, plastic, relatively simple.
Bonsai generally through artistic thinking, each location has a special design, with rocks, accessories, forming a high artistic conception. But the potted plant is only a simple planting, without any stress, and rarely with small objects.